Scarf holder



Oct. 11, 1927.

W. P. CRADDOCK v S CARP HOLDE R Filed March 23, 1926 INVENITOR. W R mddoof AT ORNEY.

Patented Get. 11, 1927.

entree stares VTILLIAIW POEE CBADIDGCK, OE DENVER, COLORADO.

sonar HOLDER.

vApplication filed March 23, 1926. Serial No. 96,778.

This invention relates to necktie holders and its l'mary object is to provide an appliance of extremely simple construction which is readily applied to a collar button and which in its operative position engages the knotof anecktie or scarf so as to securely hold it in the proper position with rela-- tion to the collar.

A further object of the invention is to provide a holding appliance of the b efore described character which performs ts function with uncommon efiiciency owing to a leverage obtained from the inherent reslliencv bf the metal of which itis composed and still other objects reside in details of construction providing for strength, durability and ready and convenient manipulation.

An embodiment of my invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings 1n the several views of which like parts are similarly designated and in which D Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a collar showing a tie holder of the improved construction in its operative position w1th relation to the collar button;

Figure 2, a perspective view of the tie holder drawn to an enlarged scale;

Figure 8, afront view of a collar showing the first position in which the holder is placed to apply it to the collar button;

Figure t, a sect1onal v1ew of the collar taken on the line 4-& Figure 3, showlng the holder in the second position to which 1t 1s adjusted for its application to the necktie, and 7 Figure 5, a view similar to Figured, showing the holder in its normal operative posltion.

The necktie holder as illustrated in Figure 2, is formed of a single length of spring wirepcurved, bent and twisted to provide aloop shaped holding portion 5 and a lever portion 6 including a shank 7 produced by twisting the two parts 6 of the lever portion, and apair of prongs 8 projectmgat an angle to the shank for engagement with the necktie.

The prongs 8 are spaced from each other in a substantially parallel position by bendingthe ends of the wire laterally from the shank into shoulders 8 and then at right angles and slantingly with relation to the shank. and the holding portion 9 is bent slightly out of the plane of the lever portion to facilitate the application ofthe deviceto the collar button.

The holding portion 5 of the device. is slightly narrowed as at 5 to provide a throat 9 which aids in maintaining its operative position on the collar button, and the legs 6 of the lever port-ion 6 may be provided with humps 6?, 'to engage with the collar in the normal o'perativelposition of the appliance illustrated in Figure5 and to provide a finger hold which facilitates manipulation of the holder during eitheritsapplication or subsequent removal.

The button engaging holding portion of the device is suflicientlylongto extend below the collar button so as to provideby engage ment with the collar, a fulcrum for the lever portion permitting of its being drawn outwardly to engage with the necktie and to subsequently spring back to its original position by the resiliency of the metal of which the device is composed.

Referring now to Figures 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings illustrating the method of applying the holder to the collar button 10 and the necktie 12, the latter is first passed around the collar 13 and folded into aknot at the front thereof in the usual manner.

The knot of the scarf is then lifted with one hand as indicated in Figure 3, while the other hand of the wearer passes the loop shaped holding portion of the holder over the shank of the collar button by sideways movement thereof as illustrated in Figure 8.

The holder is now turned to an upright position while the scarf is maintained in its lifted position and the lever portion of the holder is drawn outwardly about the fulcrum provided by the engagement of the ends of the holding portion with the collar as clearly shown in Figure 4.

The tie is subsequently brought into engagement with the prongs 8 at the bifurcated extremity of the lever portion of the device, which enter the fabric of the tie, and upon the lever portion being subsequently released, it will spring back to its natural position by the resiliency of the metal while holding the necktie in engagement with its prongs.

The necktie thus anchored against downward or sideways displacement, is in its proper position with relation to the collar and will permanently remain in said position until by upward movement of itsknot,

it is" released from the prongs of the holder which subsequently is readily removed by turning it back to the position shown in Figure 8 and then detaching it from the collar button. V

As an alternative to the above described method of applying the tie holder, the holder maybe placed on the button before the necktie is knotted, because the narrowed throat of the loop shaped portion 5 will hold the device in place irrespective of its position with relation to the button. It will be readily apparent that the narrowed throat 9 of the holding portion aids in retaining its position on the collar butupwardly with relation to the holding mentally penetrating the fabric of the same as clearly indicated in Figure 5.

I am aware that holders for neckties have been devised heretofore by others with the object of producing a similar result, but I claim that none of them operate on the principle hereinabove explained by which the desired result is attained through an efficient cooperative relation of the holder, to the collar and the collar button.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A necktie holder con'iprising a single length of spring wire formed to provide a holding portion adapted to straddle the shank of a collar button, a two part, upwardly bent lever portion, a shank produced by twisting the lever parts together, shoulder portions extending laterally from the shank, and prongs atthe end of the shoulder portions projecting directly inwardly and portion.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

WILLIAM POPE CRADDOCK. 

